Urusvati Himalayan Folk & Art Museum

The Urusvati Himalayan Folk Art Museum (10 AM to 6 PM, closed on Mondays) was created for the preservation of folk art and craft. It is located on the upper outskirts of the village, where a path winds further up from close to the Roerich Gallery to reach the Urusvati Himalayan Folk Art Museum (can be accessed using the same ticket).

It was founded by Nicolas Roerich’s wife in 1928. The displays feature a collection of local folk art, costumes, paintings by Roerich’s Russian followers, family photographs of Roerich family, a gallery of Russian folk art and numerous other art treasures. The whole setting of this place feels divine, as the institute is quite beautifully set up amidst lush greenery and colourful wildflowers.
Artifacts also include fossil stones, sculptures, weapons, utensils etc as well as life-size statues of tribal couples. There is a series of carved stone slabs lying in neat rows with fantastic carvings right outside the museum building. A signboard close to them suggests that these are memorial stones of the Kullu kings and queens. They were found in Naggar and the Roerich family restored them here.